Water and Sustainable Development Opportunities for the Chemical Sciences: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (2004) / Chapter Skim
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Business Opportunities and Responsibilities
Business Opportunities and Responsibilities
7 Some New Approaches at the Orange County Water District
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Southern California has housing cost, infrastructure, transportation, and water supply problems. Colorado River cutbacks are impacting the area because water is being purchased from the Metropolitan Water District that has two sources of supply, the State Water Project and the Colorado River.
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It is contained within the Santa Ana River watershed, which goes north to the San Gabriel Mountains and Big Bear. It is the largest watershed in Southern California, and the OCWD is the proud owner of the Santa Ana River, which the state health department considers the second most impaired water body in California.
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It was also able to characterize the total organic carbon in water; however, the health department has taken and replicated the characterization as a regulatory requirement for all recycled water projects. Additionally, it just spent $10 million in eight years on the Santa Ana River water quality and health study.
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The first lead story was looking to the successes and featured Orange County and Southern California. He asked how the OCWD compares water rates to others for average citizens; what the water districts do for local companies, particularly with regard to chemical contamination; and what tools are provided to help reduce that source contamination.
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In the Southern California area, the antigrowth advocates are starting to use water as their weapon and the water industry is paralyzed and unprepared for this. Effect of Chemistry on the Water Industry Vasilios Manousiouthakis, of the University of California at Los Angeles, wanted to address the comment made about the chemical sciences and their adverse impact on the water industry and others in business.
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